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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdəʊs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/doʊs/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(dōs)

Inflections of 'dose' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
doses
v 3rd person singular
dosing
v pres p
dosed
v past
dosed
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
dose /doʊs/USA pronunciation   n., v., dosed, dos•ing. 
n. [countable]
  1. Drugsan amount of medicine to be taken at one time:an hourly dose of medicine.
  2. an intense and often disagreeable experience:a dose of bad luck.
  3. Physicsthe amount of radiation to which something has been exposed:The doses of radioactivity were already well past the lethal level.

v. [~ + object]
  1. Drugsto give a dose of medicine to:We dosed her with non-aspirin tablets to reduce the fever.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
dose  (dōs),USA pronunciation n., v., dosed, dos•ing. 
n. 
  1. Drugsa quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
  2. a substance, situation, or quantity of anything analogous to medicine, esp. of something disagreeable:Failing the exam was a hard dose to swallow.
  3. Winean amount of sugar added in the production of champagne.
  4. Physics
    • Also called absorbed dose. the quantity of ionizing radiation absorbed by a unit mass of matter, esp. living tissue: measured in gray or rad.
    • See exposure dose. 
  5. Slang Termsa case of gonorrhea or syphilis.

v.t. 
  1. to administer in or apportion for doses.
  2. Drugsto give a dose of medicine to.
  3. Wineto add sugar to (champagne) during production.

v.i. 
  1. Drugsto take a dose of medicine.
  • Greek dósis a giving
  • Late Latin dosis
  • earlier dos 1590–1600
dos′er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
dose /dəʊs/ n
  1. a specific quantity of a therapeutic drug or agent taken at any one time or at specified intervals
  2. informal something unpleasant to experience: a dose of influenza
  3. Also called: dosage the total energy of ionizing radiation absorbed by unit mass of material, esp of living tissue; usually measured in grays (SI unit) or rads
  4. Also called: dosage a small amount of syrup added to wine, esp sparkling wine, when the sediment is removed and the bottle is corked
  5. slang a sexually transmitted infection, esp gonorrhoea
 vb (transitive)
  1. to administer a dose or doses to (someone)
  2. to give (a therapeutic drug or agent) in appropriate quantities
  3. to add syrup to (wine) during bottling
Etymology: 15th Century: from French, from Late Latin dosis, from Greek: a giving, from didonai to give
'dose' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Collocations: a [heavy, medium, high, low] dose (of), a dose of [medicine, cough syrup, pills, tablets, medication], a [5]-mg dose, more...

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